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  Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation today announced that it will hold a special meeting of stockholders on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time to seek approval for changing its corporate name from Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation to American Outdoor Brands Corporation. The proposed holding corporation name change has been approved... [Read More]

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Commenters on Texas & U.S. Law Shield social media overwhelmingly want President-Elect Donald J. Trump to push national reciprocity as his first gun-rights-related legislative effort. Those posting on our Texas Law Shield Facebook page and our U.S. Law Shield Facebook page expressed their wish for “National Concealed Carry Reciprocity” above “Ending Gun-Free Zones On Military... [Read More]

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  By Wilburn Roberts, contributor @ The Shooter’s Log. Used with permission. Walther’s CCP has generated a lot of attention. Light, attractive, and with the Walther name, the pistol was designed to compete with the Glock 43 9mm and similar size handguns for personal defense. The Walther CCP is 6.4 inches long and only 1.18-inch... [Read More]

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As Vice President of U.S. Law Shield, Dave Donchecz works daily to educate and empower firearm owners. Recently, Dave took a trip to the East Coast to help grow and expand our network of members and partners. Dave’s first stop was New Jersey, where he met with U.S. Law Shield of New Jersey Independent Program... [Read More]

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  By John R. Lott, Jr. Contributing Editor to Texas & U.S. Law Shield CNN recently made the completely false claim that the US has “one of the world’s highest rates of death by firearms.” Note most countries don’t report their firearm homicide rates, and there are many other problems that make the US’s rate... [Read More]

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When Donald Trump is sworn into the Presidency in January, 2017, he will be greeted with various gun-reform measures already filed in Congress. Furthermore, he may have the chance to carry out some of his published policy positions on gun rights through Executive Orders. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act... [Read More]

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The “Left-Coast” state has done it again. The election of 2016 saw the election of a man for President who has espoused his strong support for the 2nd Amendment and gun-owners’ rights. But that message was lost on Californians.  On Tuesday, two thirds of the voters passed Proposition 63, which further restricted the rights of... [Read More]

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President-elect Donald Trump’s pro-gun platform received scant coverage prior to the election. So that Texas & U.S. Law Shield members know what Trump proposed prior to his election on Nov. 8, we’ve copied verbatim his gun-rights platform from his official website: Defend the Second Amendment of our Constitution. The right of the people to keep and... [Read More]

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Tuesday’s election brought with it challenges in four states to the rights of law-abiding gun owners as well as a potential threat nationally to the 2nd Amendment. By now, everyone is probably aware that Donald J. Trump won the Presidential election over his opponent, Hillary Clinton. That is a significant plus for gun rights in... [Read More]

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Last Friday, Erika Cotti went to the Loudon County Registrar’s office to vote and was approached by a man passing out Republican sample ballots with a gun holstered at his side. He is a retired law enforcement official and has a concealed carry permit. Cotti informed the liberal online news organization The Huffington Post that a man... [Read More]

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In this video, U.S. Law Shield President Kirk Evans explains the main reasons why legal gun owners get arrested.  

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In the video below, U.S. Law Shield of Florida Independent Program Attorney David Katz addresses the pitfalls and problems of carrying firearms onto school property.

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